It can be noisy and busy in the café. There are trays, but they may be near the other end of the entrance area. You can choose what you want, then pay for it, and then sit down in the café to eat and/or drink. It is an echoing space with machinery noises in it.

Foods and drinks, except water, are not allowed to be eaten outside the café area.

Staff can help you if you ask. For example they can carry a tray of food or drink to your table if you are worried about anything spilling.

If you want to eat a packed lunch from home you cannot do this inside the Houses of Parliament. There are local parks nearby where you can eat your lunch before or after the visit, such as Victoria Tower Gardens or St. James’s Park.

Gift Shop

As you come into Westminster Hall from outside, toilets will be on your right. You will pass by the House of Commons Gift Shop to get to them.

The gift shop has many items at low level, including some which are breakable. There is information and some more gift choices available in the hall itself.